mozart
n. countablen. a famous Austrian composer from the 1700s who wrote many of the world's most popular classical music pieces. People often use his name to describe someone who is extremely talented at a young age.
n. refers to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Frequently used metonymically to describe a child prodigy or a person of exceptional innate musical genius.
She plays the piano like a young Mozart.
The music teacher realized he had a little Mozart in his class when the seven-year-old began composing complex sonatas.
While many students show technical proficiency, few possess the intuitive grasp of harmony that would justify a comparison to Mozart himself.
Borrowed from German Mozart. First recorded in the 14th century as Middle High German Mozahrt, from motzen (“to roll in filth”); originally used as a given name with the -hart suffix, as a name for dirty or sloppy people.
When used as a common noun to describe a talented person, it follows standard countability rules ('a Mozart', 'two Mozarts').